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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 83 438 376 233 192 425 21996

Barbara Romanowicz publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Barbara Romanowicz between 1977 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Barbara Romanowicz published across 49 years, from 1977 to 2025, averaging 9.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 24 publications in 2013. 16 of the 458 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1977 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 24. Peak 24 publications in 2013. 1977: 1 publication 1978: 0 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 4 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 3 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 4 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 5 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 6 publications 1990: 8 publications 1991: 7 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 11 publications 1995: 7 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 13 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 14 publications 2003: 11 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 16 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 20 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 24 publications 2014: 17 publications 2015: 24 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 24 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 15 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 5 publications
1977 2025

458 publications in total across all disciplines

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Barbara Romanowicz: publications per year, 1977 to 2025
Year Publications
1977 1
1978 0
1979 1
1980 4
1981 1
1982 3
1983 1
1984 4
1985 1
1986 5
1987 2
1988 4
1989 6
1990 8
1991 7
1992 3
1993 6
1994 11
1995 7
1996 7
1997 3
1998 13
1999 7
2000 7
2001 4
2002 14
2003 11
2004 9
2005 16
2006 13
2007 20
2008 9
2009 15
2010 15
2011 15
2012 16
2013 24
2014 17
2015 24
2016 12
2017 16
2018 24
2019 16
2020 15
2021 9
2022 8
2023 8
2024 11
2025 5
Total 458
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Barbara Romanowicz publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barbara Romanowicz sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 418–427 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 425 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39 425
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Barbara Romanowicz D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barbara Romanowicz sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 83 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34 83
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Polish Academy of Science
  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1990 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Barbara Romanowicz is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans mainly within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on geophysics. The scientist's work extensively covers subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Ocean Engineering, Oceanography, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The primary research topics explored include:

  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Geophysics and Sensor Technology

Barbara Romanowicz has frequently published in several scientific journals. The most common venues for their work are:

  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Mantle plumes and their role in Earth processes," 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Deflating the LLSVPs: Bundles of Mantle Thermochemical Plumes Rather Than Thick Stagnant 'Piles'," 2020, Tectonics
  • "On the relative temperatures of Earth's volcanic hotspots and mid-ocean ridges," 2022, Science
  • "Imaging deep-mantle plumbing beneath La Réunion and Comores hot spots: Vertical plume conduits and horizontal ponding zones," 2023, Science Advances
  • "Dynamic history of the inner core constrained by seismic anisotropy," 2021, Nature Geoscience

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Daniel A. Frost
  • Jean-Paul Montagner
  • Li-Wei Chen
  • Brian Chandler
  • Yder Masson

Throughout their career, Barbara Romanowicz has been recognized by various scientific organizations. They became a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1990 and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001. They were elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2005. In 2017, they received recognition from the Polish Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Broad plumes rooted at the base of the Earth's mantle beneath major hotspots

    Scott W. French;Barbara Romanowicz;Barbara Romanowicz

  • The three‐dimensional shear velocity structure of the mantle from the inversion of body, surface and higher‐mode waveforms

    Charles Mégnin;Barbara Romanowicz

  • Lithospheric layering in the North American craton

    Huaiyu Yuan;Barbara Romanowicz

  • Global anisotropy and the thickness of continents.

    Yuancheng Gung;Mark Panning;Barbara Romanowicz

  • Global mantle shear velocity model developed using nonlinear asymptotic coupling theory

    Xiang-Dong Li;Barbara Romanowicz

  • Whole-mantle radially anisotropic shear velocity structure from spectral-element waveform tomography

    S. W. French;B. A. Romanowicz;B. A. Romanowicz;B. A. Romanowicz

  • A Three-Dimensional Radially-Anisotropic Model of Shear Velocity in the Whole Mantle

    Mark Panning;Barbara Romanowicz

  • Excitation of Earth's continuous free oscillations by atmosphere–ocean–seafloor coupling

    Junkee Rhie;Barbara Romanowicz

  • AZIMUTHAL ANISOTROPY IN THE EARTH FROM OBSERVATIONS OF SKS AT GEOSCOPE AND NARS BROADBAND STATIONS

    Lev P. Vinnik;Veronique Farra;Barbara Romanowicz

  • North American lithospheric discontinuity structure imaged by Ps and Sp receiver functions

    David L. Abt;David L. Abt;Karen M. Fischer;Scott W. French;Scott W. French;Heather A. Ford

  • Cluster analysis of global lower mantle tomography: A new class of structure and implications for chemical heterogeneity

    Vedran Lekic;Vedran Lekic;Sanne Cottaar;Adam Dziewonski;Barbara Romanowicz;Barbara Romanowicz

  • Toward real-time estimation of regional moment tensors

    Michael E. Pasyanos;Douglas S. Dreger;Barbara Romanowicz

  • Superplumes from the Core-Mantle Boundary to the Lithosphere: Implications for Heat Flux

    Barbara Romanowicz;Yuancheng Gung

  • Time Scales and Heterogeneous Structure in Geodynamic Earth Models

    Hans Peter Bunge;Mark A. Richards;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni;John R. Baumgardner

  • Global Mantle Tomography: Progress Status in the Past 10 Years

    Barbara Romanowicz

  • Waveform Tomography Reveals Channeled Flow at the Base of the Oceanic Asthenosphere

    Scott French;Vedran Lekic;Barbara Romanowicz;Barbara Romanowicz

  • Viscosity of Oceanic Asthenosphere Inferred from Remote Triggering of Earthquakes

    Fred F. Pollitz;Roland Bürgmann;Roland Bürgmann;Barbara Romanowicz;Barbara Romanowicz

  • Mantle Anchor Structure: An argument for bottom up tectonics

    Adam M. Dziewonski;Vedran Lekic;Barbara A. Romanowicz

  • Comparison of global waveform inversions with and without considering cross-branch modal coupling

    Xiang-Dong Li;Barbara Romanowicz

  • A global tomographic model of shear attenuation in the upper mantle

    B. Romanowicz

  • Mantle plumes and their role in Earth processes

    Anthony A. P. Koppers;Thorsten W. Becker;Matthew G. Jackson;Kevin Konrad;Kevin Konrad

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Paul Montagner
Jean-Paul Montagner Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Douglas S. Dreger
Douglas S. Dreger University of California, Berkeley
Thomas Bodin
Thomas Bodin École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Michael E. Pasyanos
Michael E. Pasyanos Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Adam M. Dziewonski
Adam M. Dziewonski Harvard University
Eléonore Stutzmann
Eléonore Stutzmann Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Philippe Lognonné
Philippe Lognonné Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Lev Vinnik
Lev Vinnik Russian Academy of Sciences
Hrvoje Tkalčić
Hrvoje Tkalčić Australian National University
Sujoy Mukhopadhyay
Sujoy Mukhopadhyay University of California, Davis

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